History: Section 568 was proclaimed on 12 January 1961 as a Wild-Life Reserve. Section 572 was added on 20 January 1966 and Section 365 was added on 21 March 1968. The area was proclaimed as Spring Gully National Park on 9 November 1967. On 27 April 1972 the park was re-proclaimed as Spring Gully Conservation Park. Section 142 was added to the park on 9 September 1976.

Habitat: The park contains the only Red Stringybark (Eucalyptus macrorhyncha ssp. macrorhyncha) Woodland in South Australia. This merges into Long-leafed Box (Eucalyptus goniocalyx)Low Woodland on the more rugged slopes.